War Tunnel

Sarajevo Roses

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August 23rd 2006
I think that the most lasting impression I will have of Sarajevo, and Bosnia Herzegovina in general for that matter, is that left by the Sarajevo Roses spread out throughout the city. A Sarajevo Rose is created when a mortar or artillery shell hit a piece of pavement. The force of the strike and the shrapnel create a flower like pattern and as the Government decided to fill in any of these spots ... read more

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring S... ... read more